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World Championships: U.S. Men Fall to Serbia; Hungary Upends Croatia There will be a new World Champion this year in Singapore, with 2024 champ Croatia knocked out in Sunday’s quarterfinals by Hungary. Still in the hunt, though, is the reigning Olympic champion Serbia, which eliminated the United St...

World Championships: Alvaro Granados Named MVP, with Two Greek All-Stars Alvaro Granados of champion Spain was named the MVP of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships men’s water polo tournament upon its conclusion on Wednesday. Granados is the only Spanish player on the team, voted by media. Bronze ...

WOMEN'S FINAL The Netherlands clinched the title for the first time since 1993: they beat Greece 6-4 to claim the nation’s 5th gold at the women’s European Water Polo Championships. This ties Italy’s record and gives them back the top rank on the all-time medal table. The Greeks had to settle for si...

Bea Ortiz, Dusan Mandic Named World Aquatics Water Polo Athletes of the Year Spain’s Bea Ortiz and Dusan Mandic of Serbia were named Water Polo Athlete of the Year this week by World Aquatics. Mandic led Serbia to a third straight Olympic title. Mandic was the top scorer of the tournament with 26 go...

After 14 days and almost 100 matches, the FINA World Water Polo Championships are now concluded. It was a fantastic tournament for the Italian men and American women, who each romped undefeated to gold at the Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center. It’s the first World Championship title in almo...

Hungary’s Shootout Win over Serbia Headlines Euro Water Polo Men’s Quarterfinals Hungary defeated Serbia in the shootout Friday in the first and most scintillating of the quarterfinals at the Euro Water Polo men’s championships in Croatia. With its 15-14 win, Hungary will take on the host in the fir...

USA Water Polo Plans North Texas New Year’s Showcase with Serbia, Spain The U.S. Men’s Water Polo Team will host Serbia and Spain for a six-game tournament this month, calling it the North Texas New Year’s Showcase, announced on Monday. Six games will be played over seven days from Dec. 28-Jan. 3. T...

The FINA Men’s Water Polo World League Super Final kicked-off yesterday at the Aquatic Palace of Ruza, Russia, to see eight international teams competing for the prestigious trophy over a five-day tournament. Entering their first big event after the 2016 Olympics in Rio, water polo powerhouses will ...

Nikola Radjen, a 30 year old Serbian Water Polo player, was formally suspended for four years of competition following a positive test result for cocaine. Radjen's suspension will officially run from May 7, 2015 until May 6, 2019. The Doping Panel also ruled that Radjen would have all competition pr...

The USA Men's National Team fell to Serbia 15-8 on day three of action at the FINA World League Super Final. Ben Hallock (Westlake Village, CA/Stanford/LA Premier) scored three goals to lead the offense with Drew Holland (Orinda, CA/Stanford/Lamorinda) and McQuin Baron (North Tustin, CA/USC/Regency)...

Water Polo Coach Mirko Vicevic Leaves Serbian Club after Fans’ Racist Banner Water polo coach Mirko Vicevic last week left Serbian club Red Star Belgrade after fans displayed a racist banner insulting several ethnic groups at a match. Vicevic had taken over Red Star, based in the Serbian capital, la...

Vuk Celic acknowledged the risk inherent in his decision. Things were going just fine for the Serbian swimmer in the leadup to the Tokyo Olympics. A member of national delegations to major meets, the national record holder in the 800 and 1,500 freestyle, Celic entered 2020 with an Olympic A cut in t...

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming DOHA, Qatar, August 28. The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu completed a 10-medal, 7-victory, 3-world record run in Doha tonight as the first stop of the FINA World Cup circuit came to close. FINA WORLD CUP MONEY LIST LIVE STREAM Subject to geoblocking LIVE RESULTS HEAT S...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, February 12. THE fourth preliminary round for Europe of the FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2014 concluded on February 11 with the leading teams of Montenegro, Serbia and Hungary looking strong to earn a berth for the men’s Super Final taking place in Dubai (UAE) from June ...

World Championships: Third-Quarter Slump Dooms U.S. to Loss to Serbia A third-quarter slump saw a halftime lead evaporate for the U.S. men’s water polo team in a 14-12 loss to Serbia on Friday at the World Championships in Doha. The loss is the Americans’ second at the tournament. They enter Sunday’...

With yet another big win—Saturday over USC in Stockton, California—the University of Pacific [UOP] has emerged as the biggest current threat to decades of Pac12 dominance of NCAA men's water polo. The 12-11 win at Chris Kjeldsen Pool, the Tigers' second over the Trojans this season and fourth over a...

Serbia emerged victorious at the FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final 2015, the team's ninth success in this competition and the third consecutive. The competition took place in Bergamo (ITA), from June 23-28. In the decisive match, the Serbians beat Croatia by 9-6. With this victory, the ...

Serbian swim coach Srdjan Filipovic, who was serving as the head coach of the Oman national swim team, died Feb. 5 at age 49. The Serbian Swimming Federation confirmed Filipovic’s passing. The Oman Swimming Association also released a statement mourning Filipovic’s death. Filipovic worked in his hom...

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 10. WE'RE here to count down the top five aquatic sports headlines of the past week to get you caught up on the things you might have missed. Let's not waste any more time with it, and get started with the number five headline. The first two collegiate national championships...

UNLV senior Vuk Celic won the WAC championship in the 500 freestyle Thursday in record fashion, smashing the WAC Championships and school records. The Serbian grad student (and national record-holder/Olympic A-cut holder) went 4:16.75 in the finals, an improvement from 4:20.19 in the morning prelims...